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Global perspective, human stories144144Copyright 2018 United Nations, Department of Public Information News Centre (097046)United Nations, Department of Public Information News CentrenoUNDPI Digital Solutions Unitwebadmin@un.orgUN development official urges greater international support for Zimbabwe https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010512
With a new administration in place and plans to hold free and fair general elections later this year, authorities in Zimbabwe are hoping to see greater international investment in their country, according to the top United Nations official there.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010512Thu, 24 May 2018 12:28:21 -0400Peace and security challenges in Africa’s Sahel region require ‘holistic approach’, says UN officialhttps://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010532
A “holistic approach” is needed to the address peace and security challenges in Africa’s vast Sahel region, a senior United Nations peacekeeping official told the Security Council on Wednesday, calling for more investment in better government, social services and youth opportunities.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010532Wed, 23 May 2018 17:18:43 -0400Ebola outbreak puts DR Congo on an ‘epidemiological knife-edge’https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010452
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains on an “epidemiological knife-edge” regarding the spread of deadly Ebola disease, despite the quick response by authorities and international partners to the threat, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010452Wed, 23 May 2018 12:41:07 -0400UN calls on Algeria to stop expelling thousands of sub-Saharan African migrantshttps://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010392
The United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) has called on the Algerian Government to stop collectively expelling thousands of migrants, particularly from sub-Saharan Africa, saying it violates international human rights law.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010392Tue, 22 May 2018 14:01:44 -0400National conversation reveals Libyans’ desire for ‘united and sovereign nation’: UN representativehttps://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010282
Conversations taking place across Libya indicate that citizens are “yearning for a united and sovereign nation,” the top United Nations official in the country told the Security Council in New York on Monday.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010282Mon, 21 May 2018 14:32:07 -0400UN, Somali Government seek $80 million in immediate relief for flood-affected populations https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010252
The United Nations and the Somali Government on Sunday launched a joint appeal for $80 million to provide immediate help for the people affected by recent flooding in the country’s centre and south.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010252Sun, 20 May 2018 17:57:38 -0400Central Africa Republic: Violence drives thousands of refugees into neighbouring DR Congo, says UN agencyhttps://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010212
The United Nations refugee agency is calling for urgent support for thousands of people arriving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after fleeing conflict in south-eastern Central African Republic (CAR).
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010212Fri, 18 May 2018 17:28:30 -0400Teenage girl’s death sentence spotlights Sudan’s failure to tackle forced marriage, gender-based violence – UN rights officehttps://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010162
The case of Noura Hussein Hammad Daoud, a Sudanese teenager convicted of fatally stabbing the man she was forced to marry, after he had allegedly raped her, highlights the country’s failure to tackle the tragedy of early and forced marriage, marital rape and other discrimination and violence against women and girls, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010162Fri, 18 May 2018 14:43:39 -0400DR Congo Ebola outbreak not yet a global ‘health emergency’, but strong response to disease vital – UN health expertshttps://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010152
An emergency meeting of United Nations health experts said on Friday that the Ebola outbreak in north-west Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – where cases of the deadly disease have been confirmed in an urban area ­– does not yet meet the criteria to be deemed a “public health emergency of international concern.”
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010152Fri, 18 May 2018 14:34:33 -0400UN chief condemns attack against ‘blue helmets’ in Central African Republichttps://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010032
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, on Thursday condemned an attack against UN peacekeeping troops in southeastern Central African Republic (CAR) that claimed the life of one peacekeeper, and wounded eight others – all from Mauritania.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010032Thu, 17 May 2018 15:54:01 -0400